Even the most mundane and mundane gift can evoke a lot of joyful emotions if presented in its original form. A bouquet of roses made from socks is a vivid example of an unusual design for a modest gift.
Solid roses from men's socks
In order to make an elegant and austere bouquet, you will need men's plain socks: gray, black, brown, blue. Roses look very beautiful when a combination of different colors occurs in the bouquet, but if desired, the buds can be made of one color.
The tags are cut off for new men's socks, after which the socks are placed on a flat surface, turning the elastic band towards you and bending it in the form of an equilateral triangle. The socks begin to twist into a roll, trying to make not very tight turns. After one or two turns, a cocktail tube or wooden barbecue skewer is inserted into the bud and continues to twist the sock with the tube inside.
Having reached the heel, a small fold is made on the toe to collect excess fabric, and continue to twist the toe to the end. The edges of the roll are slightly folded outward to give the maximum resemblance to rose petals. The resulting bud is fastened with a pin or an invisible hairpin. If desired, roses can be made from each sock separately - in this case, the buds are narrower and thinner. The stem can be left unchanged or wrapped with green floral tape.
Multicolor roses
If you want to make a bouquet of roses from socks bright and elegant, you will have to use socks not only in classic dark colors. The sports lines of a number of menswear manufacturers offer socks in white, red, and yellow. Such products are useful for creating the core of a flower.
A pair of brightly colored socks is rolled up, a wooden skewer is inserted inside and secured. After the flower bud is ready, socks of a contrasting color are placed around it in a circle. The socks are folded so that their heels and toes look up and form semicircular petals around the bud. The finished flower is fixed at the bottom with a bank rubber band.
Roses from children's socks
Very delicate and touching roses are obtained from children's socks of various colors. To make such a flower, a children's sock is placed on a flat surface with the toe facing you and gently rolled into a not very tight roll. After that, gently grip the resulting roll with your fingers from the inside and turn the top of the sock inside out, forming rose petals.
To make the stem, you will need a piece of decorative wire: at one end of it they make a small loop so as not to damage the sock and press the loop to the lower edge of the bud. With the help of a floristic tape or green tape, the base of the bud is fixed on the loop of the wire, after which the stem is wrapped with tape along its entire length. Several leaves are cut out of corrugated paper and fixed to the stem. The finished bouquet is wrapped in a textile napkin or decorative wrapping paper.
